Workers' Compensation...

Our firm is one of the established workers' compensation practices in Palm Beach County.  Led by founding attorney  Howard Grossman, a Florida Bar Board-certified Emeritus Specialist in worker's compensation law, we help people injured or sickened in the workplace apply for and receive workers' comp benefits. We help injured employees throughout Florida from our law offices in Boca Raton and Clewiston.

Workers' compensation is a program designed to help people who are injured or fall ill at work. Under the workers' comp system, injured workers are supposed to quickly receive disability assistance, medical care, and wage replacement benefits without regard to the employer's fault for the injury. This arrangement avoids drawn-out lawsuits by workers against employers to get the money they need immediately. However, oftentimes, the employer or carrier contests the payment of benefits or refuses to provide needed medical care.

Most people think of construction accidents or assembly-line injuries when they think of workers' compensation. At Howard S. Grossman, P.A., we help people with these types of "traditional" workers' comp injuries, but we also help people in more unusual situations, including EMT and health care worker exposure to Hepatitis-C, HIV/AIDS, and other communicable illnesses. We help with repetitive stress injuries, such as carpal tunnel and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. We also help injured longshoremen and harbor workers receive benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' compensation program.

If a worker is temporarily or permanently disabled, the program provides ongoing disability payments for a limited time during the disability. We can help prove the extent of your disability and make sure that your benefits match your needs, whether you face:

Workers' compensation may not be your only recourse. In many instances, someone other than the employer shares responsibility. For instance if you were injured in a car accident while working for your company, you may be able to sue the negligent driver who caused your injuries. If another person or company helped bring about your workplace injury or illness, we will help you pursue those people for recovery above and beyond workers' compensation benefits.

We are a total resource for injured people. If you or a member of your family has an injury or an illness originating in the workplace, contact us for legal advice on your workers' compensation claim. We stand ready to maximize your benefits under the Florida workers' comp system.